Rachel Parris
Brydon &
Rob Brydon | Wondery
4.6 • 597 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Rob welcomes fellow comedian and actress Rachel Parris on the pod this week to talk about her latest book, Advice from Strangers. The pair explore some of the best bits of advice and what it means to them. Rob finds out about Rachel’s secret love of goths and what it’s like being married to, and working with, comedian Marcus Brigstocke. Rachel also speaks candidly about her panic attacks and nervous breakdown.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, it's nice to have you back. I don't care what some people say. I like you. And I like |
| 0:08.8 | today's guest, Rachel Paris. We had a lovely talk about all sorts of things. Now, in no particular |
| 0:15.3 | order, I was able to express to her my failure to understand the appeal of the goth. |
| 0:23.6 | She turns out she, and this surprised me because you see she was very academic at school. |
| 0:30.6 | She was, I don't want to use the phrase, a goodie two shoes, but it was hovering in the air. |
| 0:36.6 | And yet she was drawn to Goths. |
| 0:40.7 | And then we go on to discuss her cut. Look, I won't spoil it for you. We talk about all sorts. |
| 0:47.8 | She was here to talk about the publication of the paperback copy of her book, Advice from Strangers, which has gone down very well |
| 0:57.0 | indeed and is well worth a read. But that's me saying it. Why don't you listen to her? This is |
| 1:04.2 | Brydon and Rachel Paris. |
| 1:19.5 | I'm going to keep looking straight into the camera as I currently am. |
| 1:20.3 | Just do that. |
| 1:22.4 | Okay, we're wrong. |
| 1:23.4 | All right. |
| 1:25.7 | Oh, is that your bottom? |
| 1:31.6 | Oh, that's quite a sharp one. |
| 1:32.9 | I thought it was a floorboard. |
| 1:36.0 | I love, we're talking about flatulence. |
| 1:42.4 | And we're here in the Voxpod studio rather than at home. |
| 1:47.8 | Because if you're going to talk to Rachel Paris, you don't want to do it over Zoom. |
| 1:52.5 | You want to get some of that, some of that, some of that, some of that Paris magic. |
| 1:55.6 | Everybody loves Paris. |
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